In Apache I would like a URL "/myscript" or "/myscript?param=myparam" to execute a CGI script located at:
/usr/local/scripts/custom.pl I have tried:
Action custom-action /usr/local/scripts/custom.pl <Location "/myscript"> SetHandler custom-action </Location> but this isn't working.
Any ideas how I can achieve the mapping of URL to script?
mod_rewrite can easily do that with
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/myscript$ RewriteRules (.*) /usr/local/scripts/custom.pl Be sure to set permissions appropriately, both the actual file permissions and a Directory Directive to allow access to that folder.
Example Directory Directive:
<Directory "/usr/local/scripts"> Allow from All AllowOverride None Options None +ExecCGI </Directory> Your handler will work if you create a file or directory in DOCUMENT_ROOT called myscript. Haven't worked out why yet, but it works!
[edit] Seems that if you're using Action to define the handler then you're effectively creating a filter through which the files in the filesystem will be passed (e.g. for DIY server-side include processing). If the target doesn't exist in the filesystem then there's nothing to pass to your script (through PATH_TRANSLATED) so the server throws an error.
